Egotistical Jerk Triple IPA
Rhinelander Brewing Company
- From:
- Rhinelander Brewing Company
- Wisconsin, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 11.9%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 2.84 | pDev: 17.25%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 03, 2015
- Added:
- Jan 11, 2014
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)
3.25/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.25/5 rDev +14.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
650ml bottle, strangely only available at one piddly little Whyte Ave liquor store, at least in Edmonton. This falls under the "Bad Hare" moniker, but I find that they are exactly the same as those released under the "Lazy Mutt' one, so I'm trying to start a trend here, an organizational one, if I may.
This beer pours a clear, medium-dark bronzed amber colour, with a handful of puffy, foamy, and lightly bubbly ecru head, which leaves a few instances of sudsy sea spray lace around the glass as it slowly ebbs away.
It smells of muddled citrus fruit - orange and overripe grapefruit, mostly - a bit of pine oil, stale bready caramel malt, a bit of sourdough cake, lemon floor polish, and chalky Pez candies. The taste is gritty, yet rather sweetly bready and doughy caramel malt, more pine-scented Pledge, and a mild floral, cheap perfumed hoppiness. Simple, and no overt sign of the near 12 points of ABV.
The bubbles are pretty low key, but supportive enough throughout, the body an acceptable medium weight, and yet a bit too pithy and tacky to be considered particularly smooth - no hops or booze really at fault here. It finishes off-dry, the grainy, bready malt dialing it down a notch or two, while the hops stand in a sort of confused holding pattern, and a mild plastic essence leeches out of the groundwater.
Oh, so very, very, very close, Rhinelander/Minhas, you've finally made a bare bones, ok-tasting IPA, and of course, it has to be 'Triple-IPA' strength, just to keep your malt liquor pedigree intact, or something. Credit is due for masking all that unnecessary alcohol, but again, why? Oh right, the name of this offering gives me at least two good explanations.
Jan 11, 2014This beer pours a clear, medium-dark bronzed amber colour, with a handful of puffy, foamy, and lightly bubbly ecru head, which leaves a few instances of sudsy sea spray lace around the glass as it slowly ebbs away.
It smells of muddled citrus fruit - orange and overripe grapefruit, mostly - a bit of pine oil, stale bready caramel malt, a bit of sourdough cake, lemon floor polish, and chalky Pez candies. The taste is gritty, yet rather sweetly bready and doughy caramel malt, more pine-scented Pledge, and a mild floral, cheap perfumed hoppiness. Simple, and no overt sign of the near 12 points of ABV.
The bubbles are pretty low key, but supportive enough throughout, the body an acceptable medium weight, and yet a bit too pithy and tacky to be considered particularly smooth - no hops or booze really at fault here. It finishes off-dry, the grainy, bready malt dialing it down a notch or two, while the hops stand in a sort of confused holding pattern, and a mild plastic essence leeches out of the groundwater.
Oh, so very, very, very close, Rhinelander/Minhas, you've finally made a bare bones, ok-tasting IPA, and of course, it has to be 'Triple-IPA' strength, just to keep your malt liquor pedigree intact, or something. Credit is due for masking all that unnecessary alcohol, but again, why? Oh right, the name of this offering gives me at least two good explanations.
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